port 6000 and 6001
M.W. Chang
mwchang
Mon May 17 11:58:18 PDT 2004
>> hits port
>> ---- -----
>> 26 1736
>> 46 135
>> 68 445
>> 369 6001
>> 715 6000
> You didn't indicate if the connections were coming from inside (another
> system running X) or outside. If coming from outside, it may be an
> attempt to compromise your X server (which runs as root).
Those calls came from outside. The ports were closed by a log-drop
iptable rule. I was just curious why there were so many calls to them
lately. I didn't see that many calls in previous months.
In previous months, the attacks focused on port 445 and NetBIOS.
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